Respecting Conventions Pleasant Business For High Point
High Point hosts the North Carolina Librarians meeting to showcase local furniture and growth as a convention center. The event highlights the city’s hospitality and expanding furniture industry with the Southern Furniture Exposition Building, Press Women luncheon, and future gatherings like the School Superintendents Association.
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High Point
North Carolina
North Carolina Press Women's Association
Old Plank Rd
Goldsboro
Charlotte
Arthur Corpening Jr
Temptation Without Sin in Jesus Wilderness Test
The passage recounts Jesus' 40 day fast in the Judean wilderness and his temptations by Satan. He answers with Scripture from Deuteronomy, demonstrating reliance on God’s Word over hunger, power, and spectacle. Angels later minister to him, marking victory over temptation.
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Jesus
John
Jordan River
Judea
Galilee
Palestine
John the Baptist
Bethabara
Harris Franklin Ball
Abingdon-Cokesbury Press
Peter
James
Earth
Jehovah
Bath
North Carolina
Gov. Hodges
George Attmore, Jr
Ife
S-Day Urges Nationwide Safe Driving Day Support
Reader appeals for public backing of S-Day to combat rising traffic deaths. Eisenhower endorsed, Mayors and governors join a national campaign set for December 1 1955. News notes also praise Exchange Club napkin sale funds aiding wheelchair and hospital equipment for disabled children and Christian Endeavors appreciation.
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Exchange Club of
High Point
Exchange Club
J. C. Roberts
Crippled Children
Rodger Jones
James Hogue
County TB sanatoriums eyed for senile patient care plan
Dr. J. W. Murdoch, acting superintendent, proposes using abandoned county tuberculosis sanatoria as nursing homes for senile and bedridden patients. About 200 senile beds exist at Dix Hill and 75 at Butner with similar totals elsewhere, enabling 200 custodial-care beds after partial remodeling. Guilford sanatorium toured as a model for inexpensive conversion.
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J. W. Murdoch
State Hospitals Board of Control
Dix Hill
Butner
Murdoch
Morganton
Raleigh
Guilford Sanatorium
James Murdock
Butner Hopital
Idea to repurpose sanatoria for humane treatment plan
Discussion in Hanover outlines shifting focus from custodial care to curative options. North Carolina plans to reuse vacated sanatoria for low mental capacity and elderly housing, with child psychiatry trials at Chapel Hill and potential state county partnerships to free hospital beds for curable patients.
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Hanover
North Carolina
Murdoch
Inlot
Butner
Caswell Training School
Chapel Hill
Guilford
McCain
Wilson
Black Mountain
Hospitals Board of Control
Fall market boosts furniture trade amid Ike uncertainty
The informal fall market nears its peak as furniture makers project the best year yet. Industry leaders cite bipartisan prosperity despite Ike illness, while High Point hosts a large librarians conference and the North Carolina Press Women honor Madeline Hoover for 30 years in journalism.
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Eisenhower
Ike
Sheraton
High Point
Neal Austin
North Carolina Press
Enterprise
Madeline Hoover
Miss Hoover
Press
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High Point Enterprise
High Point Enterprise, Inc
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Pais
C. W. Patterson, JR
W. Tool
Ccaeese Access
Charles B. Loflin
8. C
Christian Endeavors
The
Lynn Nisbet
Capitol Square
Tema
Myrtle Desk
Bob Helm
R. G. Culp, Jr
Pittsburgh
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Helm
Chicago
Culp
Windy City
Luther H. Hodges
George
Yesteday
Blackhawks
George Armfield
Mills Brinson
Steve Wood
Eddie Lewis
Mac Moore
Redskins
Ned Covington
Robbie Garrett
David Covington
Brooks Reitzel, Jr
Johnny Morgan
Jimmy Gayle
Larry Culler
Garrett
Culler
Brinson
Forest Hill Drive
United Fund
John Straley
Fred Barber
Salvation Army
Webster
Barber
Edgar Hartley
Hartley
YMCA
Lee Johnston
Johnston
YWCA
Alice McRae Caldwell
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